Defiant Citizen

Episode 7: A Nation of Citizens or a System of Clients?

How Incentives Replaced Responsibility in Modern America

Apr 12 • Gary Mullins | Libertas

Episode 6: The Permission Society - When Everything Requires Approval

At what point did everyday life start requiring permission?

Apr 4 • Gary Mullins | Libertas

Episode 5: The System Behind the System

We spend a lot of time talking about the rules that shape our lives.

Mar 29 • Gary Mullins | Libertas

Episode 4: The System You Can't Vote Against

In the latest installment of our series on the Restoration Papers, we move from theory to reality and confront something most Americans feel—but rarely…

Mar 22 • Gary Mullins | Libertas

Episode 3: When Governance Became Management

In the latest installment of our series on the Restoration Papers, we tackle perhaps the most subtle but dangerous shift in modern American life: The…

Mar 18 • Gary Mullins | Libertas

Episode 2: Survival Without the State

In the latest episode of The Defiant Citizen, we unpack the theoretical and practical fallout of the October 2025 shutdown.

Mar 15 • Gary Mullins | Libertas

Episode 1: When Did Americans Stop Acting Like Citizens

Mar 11

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